01/May/2025
Spiral premiere at the Sound + Science 3.0 symposium
Performance in Los Angeles
Dr Terry Tafoya Said:
"Listen, stories go in circles, they don't go in straight lines." It helps if you listen in circles, because there are stories inside and between stories, and finding your way through them is as easy and as hard as finding your way home. Part of finding is getting lost, and when you're lost you start to open up and listen".
For the Quimbaya-Kumba indigenous peoples of Colombia, the spiral symbolises thought. It serves as a guide, much like a snake that coils and moves forward.
Understanding our origins helps us navigate our future path.
Inspired by this symbol and the Aymara aphorism that encourages us to walk toward the future while keeping our eyes on the past, this Performance//Ritual presents an experimental composition for the Electronic_khipu_ and the Kanchay_yupana//. it includes sound portraits of living natures that sketch tomorrow using the pigments of the past.
I had the enormous privilege of premiering my performance Spiral in the beautiful Fowler Museum courtyard as part of the Sound + Science 3.0 symposium presented by the UCLA Art|Sci Centre.
This performance will also be presented as the closing of the exhibition of the Electronic_khipu, displayed alongside video documentation of the khipumancy performance and an original 14th-century khipu at UCLA's Fowler Museum. This exhibition was part of the UCLA Art|Sci Center + Lab's "Atmosphere of Sound: Sonic Art in Times of Climate Disruption," presented by the Getty as part of PST ART: "Art & Science Collide."
In this way, this performance closes a cycle and starts a new one
It is dedicated to all the people and beings in the world who have been forced to abandon their homes by war, colonisation and greed.
No one is illegal on stolen land
